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READING BOOKLET

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Modern Greek I

VoIcesEnglish-Speaking Instructor. . . . . . . . . Ray BrownGreek-Speaking Instructor . . . . . Chris SynodinosFemale Greek Speaker . . . . . Demetra PaparounasMale Greek Speaker . . . . . . . . . Stylianos Vayanos

course WrItersMaria Kakava Christopher J. Gainty

edItorDr. Ulrike S. Retti

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Reading Lessons

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The Greek Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Lesson One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Lesson Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Lesson Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Lesson Four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Lesson Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Lesson Six . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Lesson Seven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Lesson Eight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Lesson Nine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Lesson Ten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Lesson Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Lesson Twelve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Lesson Thirteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Lesson Fourteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Lesson Fifteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Lesson Sixteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Lesson Seventeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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The recorded portion of the reading materials for Modern Greek 1 will be found at the end of the program. There are seventeen Reading Lessons, and you can do them as is most convenient for you --- individually, after every other unit or so, or all together, after the full thirty units. Instructions on how to proceed with the readings are contained in the audio portion of the course.

Greek is written using an alphabet that is based on, and quite similar to, the ancient Greek alphabet. However, some differences do exist, so even if you have some familiarity with ancient Greek letters, you should not assume that their modern counter-parts will have the same name, pronunciation, or appearance. Like the Roman alphabet used to represent the English language, the Greek alphabet is a phonetic system, in which the letters represent specific sounds. Some Greek letters resemble letters in the Roman alphabet, but have quite different sounds. For example, the Greek letter H resembles the English capital h, but in Greek this letter is pronounced with an ee sound. Therefore, we recommend that you take the Reading Lessons at your own pace, repeating each until you feel comfortable proceeding to the next.

Introduction

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Introduction (continued)

With a little effort, you will be pleasantly surprised at how quickly you are reading Greek.

The Greek alphabet has twenty-four letters which are listed in order on the following pages, along with a guide to the sound or sounds represented by each. Certain combinations of letters have their own sounds; some of them are shown in a separate chart following the alphabet. As in English, some letters or letter combinations can have more than one sound, depending on the amount of stress with which they are pronounced and / or their position in the word.

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The Greek Alphabet

Greek letter(capital / small)

Greek Name

English Name Pronunciation

alpha alpha a as in father vta beta v as in victory

gm(m)a gamma

g as in go when followed by a, , , , and consonants; y as in yawn when followed by , a, , , , i, oi

thlta delta th as in then psilon epsilon e as in bet; ay as in pay when stressed zta zeta z as in Zeus; softer before an ta eta e as in me, but less drawn out thta theta th as in think yita iota e as in me, but less drawn out

kp(p)a kappa k as in king lmtha lambda l as in leopard mi mu m as in Medusa

ni nu

n as in nest; less pronounced, with a very slight hard g sound, in certain combinations; silent in some combinations

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The Greek Alphabet (continued)

Greek letter(capital / small)

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ksi xi ks as in rocks; x as in fox micron omicron o as in oh pi pi p as in pie ro rho rolling r

/ sgma sigmas as in Sparta; softer, as in ocean, after an

taf tau t as in tear psilon upsilon e as in me, but less drawn out fi phi f as in feta

chi chi

h as in hat when followed by , , , , and consonants; h as in Hugh when followed by , , , , , ,

psi psi ps as in lapse omga omega o as in go

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In addition, certain combinations of Greek letters often have separate sounds of their own. Some of these are listed below:

Combination Pronunciation b as in bath

d as in dogma at the beginning of a word; nd as in fender in the middle of a word. The n sound is often omitted in speech.

ds as in fends, ts as in gets e as in feta; sometimes i as in bite; ay as in pay when stressed, , e as in me, but less drawn out ou as in soup av as in suave; sometimes af as in after ev as in Evelyn; sometimes ef as in left ya, as in yahoo, at the end of a word after /

b (when the word beginning with p follows one of the words for the that ends in n.)

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ng, with a sound somewhere between gand ks or k.

The Greek Alphabet (continued)

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